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February 21st, 2017 12:00
Transferring OS from defective HDD to new HDD
Hello, when I boot my Dell Inspiron One 2305 All-in-One PC, I receive an error message that advises me to click F1 to continue. When do, W10 starts up but when I run CHKDSK, I am advised that the HDD needs to be replaced and realized that replacing the HDD is a little more complicated than I first thought. Specifically, along with replacing the HDD, I will also need to transfer the recovery partition and the OS from the defective HDD to the replacement HDD and don’t know if this is feasible and if it is, how to do this. I would appreciate any help that you can offer?
Thank you,
Bob
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Mary G
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February 21st, 2017 14:00
You cannot transfer anything from the failed disk. You have to install a new hard drive, boot to an installation disk you made, select Custom Install, choose the unallocated partition on the blank drive and install windows and then all your personal files. Use the Create Media tool to download windows 10 iso file and burn a bootable disk or thumb drive to install the same version of windows 10 you have now. Your Win 10 key is stored on the MS Servers so skip entering the key when it asks for it at the beginning the install. You will activate windows after it is installed.
support.microsoft.com/.../windows-create-installation-media
ejn63
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February 22nd, 2017 06:00
Since Windows 10 is already activated, you can reinstall at any time without being required to activate again.
The Windows 7 recovery partition is useless now - you don't need it.
boblinkhelp
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February 22nd, 2017 05:00
Thank you for straightening me out Mary.
If you don't mind, I have a follow-up question.
The Dell Inspiron One 2305 All-in-One came with W7 that I upgraded to W8-->W8.1-->W10 so W10 is installed but the recovery partition is W7, I backed-up my data files to an external so I am only concerned with migrating the OS, do I disregard the W7 recovery partition and use the link that you provided to (re)install W10?
Thank you again for your help Mary,
Bob